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spot open. it's a tactic that sparked a good amount of debate. well, if they can get away with it, good luck to them, i suppose, but it's really annoying if it's like you need a spot and there's something there, it seems like, okay, this is very territorial. it's very territorial. every resident we talked with said the orange cone situation happens a lot here, and they explained a few reasons why. among them, the neighborhood has lots of single family homes. some of them are multigenerational and there's, you know, 2 or 3 families with three cars and then they're not using the garages. and there's only so much public parking. it's also one of the city's non permitted and non-metered neighborhoods. so residents say people who live elsewhere park here. and that sometimes squeezes out locals. i used to park seven blocks away and walk down because i couldn't find parking. according to 311 data, nearly 800 parking complaints
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have been called in the last three months for everything from people blocking a driveway to cars parked in a bike lane, removing illegally placed cones is a job of public works crews, and a spokesperson says the department will send out an inspector when they get a311 complaint and collect the cone. if it's not being used legally. according to the sfmta, there are no special permits allowing residents to put a cone or other marker in the street to save a spot, except for construction and maintenance crews. the sfmta spokesperson also says residents can petition to have the area turned into a permitted parking zone. supervisor asha safai says that's something residents already tried a few years ago, but it lacked enough support. safai says more bus service through the area could also help. if we have a robust public transportation system, people become less reliant on cars, longtime residents say. getting to know each other can also go a long way toward avoiding parking clashes. i text my neighbor, my neighbor texts me. sometimes she needs to, like, pull in my driveway to unload something in
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san francisco. sergio quintana, nbc, bay area news well, today, alameda county district attorney pamela price is responding to last night's big vote. the county board of supervisors decided the date of her recall election. that date will be part of the november 5th general ballot. the embattled da and her supporters praised the board of supervisors for not approving a separate special election. she also shot back at critics who claim she's soft on crime. she says her office is prosecuted people at a much higher rate than her predecessor. and she blasted recall organizers, saying their efforts are being fueled by misinformation. as for those organizers, they say the november 5th election date is a significant milestone in the recall election. the process is totally democratic. okay, so people and especially the voters have a right to say, you know, a vote for you or we will want to vote you out. our supporters will continue to engage our
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community. we will continue to speak to our family, our friends, our neighbors. we will tell the truth and banish the lie. we will counteract the lies and the misinformation campaign. if the recall is successful, the supervisors would then appoint a new district attorney to carry out the remainder of price's term crime. it is one of the top issues for people who live in oakland. so you would think that oakland police would make sure that their crime statistics they publish are accurate. but when our investigative unit took a closer look at opd's weekly crime reports, some things just didn't add up. our investigative reporter, candice nguyen is here to explain the data and the story behind this. candice. yeah, that's right. we found that oakland police, they regularly publish car break-in numbers that are far below the accurate count. for instance, this week in april, they show only ten car break ins right here. ten for this week in april, when usually there are double or triple that number in
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oakland every single day. this trend of underreporting car break ins in their weekly crime reports has been going on for years. we found at least as far back as 2021, we asked oakland police to talk with us about this issue, but they declined. an on camera interview. they told us over the phone that they learned about a lot of car break ins late, because victims don't always file a report right away. we also found the police department may be struggling to enter those late reports into their databases right away because of staffing shortages. we spoke to a city council member who's concerned and pointed to a february staff report that lists dozens of open positions, including crime records, specialists, evidence technicians and crime analysts. it's infuriating to see that we can't get our basic records management systems down, to be able to present a clear picture of what's going on. and coming up at 11, we speak with a crime data expert about why it's so important to have accurate crime numbers for the public and for
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police officers to fight crime on your streets with the investigative unit. i'm candice nguyen, nbc, bay area news. okay, thank you very much, candice. a partial victory. that's what pro-palestinian protesters at san francisco state are declaring today. demonstrators say they got some concessions from the university. as a result, their two week old encampment will start coming down. but in stages, students and supporters rallied at malcolm x plaza today after university president lynn mahoney committed to examining the school's investment strategies with more consideration for human rights organizers called the concessions significant wins, but they say a lot of issues still need to be solved. this is the first step. we will continue organizing and continue fighting through summer and onwards. this agreement indicates strong progress for disclosure, divestment and defend in solidarity with other student movements and encampments fighting for a free palestine. protesters say they'll track the university's progress and organizers are calling on demonstrators at other campuses to meet at an upcoming csu board
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meeting. now, conversely, jewish groups are publicly criticizing the negotiations, urging the csu not to divest or give in to other demands. different protests, different issue in berkeley, demonstrators have now broken into an abandoned university building. that's next to the people's park, nbc bay area's sky ranger overhead this afternoon. the group is opposed to the construction going on in that area. by the way, today is the 55th anniversary of the nearby people's park. uc berkeley says this group is not part of the pro-palestine student movement that had been demonstrating on campus for the past few weeks. either way, police are asking people to stay away from the area. a new proposal could force unhoused people living along santa clara county creeks to leave. valley water says creekside camps are posing a growing hazard to the environment, and water managers are hoping that a new measure will ban those camps. nbc bay area's marianne favro is in san jose with a closer look at that,
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dozens of people consider this encampment alongside the guadalupe river in san jose, their home. but valley water says creekside camps like this are harming the environment. the water district's safe, clean water program recently hauled off nearly 800 tons of debris from creekside land and waterways like this, from a furniture shopping carts. you have, all sorts of trash and debris, including, things that that we really don't want to see in there. by a waste, hazardous waste, which is why valley water leaders are proposing a new ordinance that would ban creekside camping along 295 miles of property. the district owns and manages in santa clara county. and the idea is to, protect the natural resources in the area to reverse the effects of the amount of garbage, trash, debris, hazardous materials that
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are entering the waterways is sold. amanda morris lives in this encampment in san jose. she believes people here actually help the environment. we're the ones, actually, that the ones that clean up the debris that don't reach the river. so wherever we live, the river's clean. she's adamantly against the proposed ordinance. if they want to ban the encampments, you know, then they need to focus more on permanent housing instead of temporary housing. if approved, the ordinance would ban creek camping and those who refuse to leave could face up to $500 in fines and even jail time, leaving people unhoused and criminal, further criminalizing homelessness just kills unhoused people at the district board approves the ordinance. it could take effect as early as this summer. the public will get a chance to weigh in on this proposed ordinance this friday at one at valley water headquarters in san jose, marianne favro. nbc bay area news. a suspicious death in
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antioch police officers found a man on a sidewalk. it started just after 7:00 this morning on country hills drive. this is near the antioch health center. police say they found a man dead on the sidewalk, but no obvious signs of how he died. they haven't released the man's name, but are asking anyone who may have known him or how he got there to contact them. retail giant walgreens says it is trying to make over-the-counter narcan cheaper and more accessible. pharmacy announced plans today to sell a generic version of naloxone, the life saving overdose reversal drug. the fda first approved the over-the-counter version in march. walgreens says the new generic version will now cost about $35 for two doses, $10 cheaper than the brand name version. the drug will hit shelves nationwide by the end of the month and is already available online. another group fighting back, though, against the recently passed tiktok ban, content creators on the app are now suing the us government over that issue. last month, president biden signed
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legislation that will ban the popular social media platform if changes are not made. bytedance which is the chinese based company that owns tiktok, has nine months to find a buyer or face a ban. a group of eight creators say they're suing to block the ban, claiming it violates their first amendment rights. the new suit comes a week after tiktok filed its own lawsuit against the us government. on the same premise, tiktok may have a lifeline here, tech billionaire frank mccourt announced he's forming a group to try to buy the american branch of the app. mccourt is the former owner of the los angeles dodgers and leads project liberty. that's a group that claims it's working to democratize the internet by making it less reliant on tech giants. well, the messy pac 12 breakup is leading to a big paycheck for uc berkeley. yesterday, the uc board of regents ordered ucla to start paying cal 10 million bucks a year. the pac 12, as you might know, fell apart last year after
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ucla decided to leave and joined the big ten conference. cal and stanford were left stranded, essentially, and eventually cal and stanford joined the acc. but under the new conference contracts, cal will make $50 million less in media revenue each year compared to ucla. so ucla will be paying cal for the next three years. then the board will decide whether the payments plans will continue. that money is earmarked to support cal athletics, tesla's electric vehicles known to help cut down on gas emissions. but there's a new lawsuit that says the fremont factory that makes those cars is a major polluter. we have the exclusive interview next and a live look at sfo on this wednesday evening. the multi-billion dollar upgrade at terminal one is about to be completed. we'll tell you what's in store. you probably also noticed that fog. there it is. we've got that marine layer. we're going to see that heading
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into the next couple of hours. but what can we expect for the remainder of the week as far as your temperatures go of the extended outlook coming up in just a few minutes? stay with us tonight. we break down the latest inflation numbers and focus on the still rising cost of child care and the tough choices for many families. plus what has missouri lawmakers talking the now record setting filibuster all when we see you
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is violating federal air standards at its fremont factory. it's the latest in a series of pollution allegations against tesla. nbc's ian cull has the exclusive interview with the plaintiff. while many people switched to teslas to go green in oakland, nonprofit is now suing the company, claiming tesla is hurting the environment in fremont by violating the clean air act. the complaint, filed in federal court this week, claims tesla has exposed residents and workers in the
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area surrounding the fremont factory to excess amounts of air pollution, including nitrogen oxides, arsenic and other harmful chemicals. for years now, tesla has been violating the clean air act with only getting small slaps on the wrist from the various regulators. tanya boyce runs the environmental democracy project and filed the suit. she claims the two areas of the factory where the cars are painted are the main sources of tesla's violations. we have members who live within a mile or so of the facility who have smelled the air and seen effects to their own breathing that they believe are associated with the violations. we talked with several people who live in the area near the facility. while they say they haven't noticed any polluting, they call the allegations concerning as an automobile company, they should be really doing good to the environment. if something causing, you know, it's affecting the air, definitely they should take action. earlier
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this month, the bay area air quality management district accused tesla of allowing unabated emissions in fremont. however, they are not involved in the new suit, the agency says. tesla has received 112 violation notices in the past five years. it's now seeking an abatement order that would force the company to implement changes at the fremont plant. we reached out to tesla for comment today, but did not hear back. ian cull. nbc bay area news. all right, let's take you out to sfo now. terminal one, the harvey milk terminal is getting a makeover. we're getting a sneak peek at the final product. the project is years in the making. price tag of $2.5 billion billion. as in b billion. this is the fourth and final phase of the construction, which is a new ticket counter area. alaska airlines will be moving into the new terminal. maybe the most beneficial addition for travelers, though, is a new walkway that's going to connect all the sfo terminals. the official unveiling is next month
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. that's a big makeover, and they've done a lot of changes to that terminal. it looks great. all right. let's give you a live look right there at sfo for now. not too bad looking vienna looks pretty clear compared to what we've seen recently. yeah the marine layers at about 3000ft now we've seen that go down to about 1500. so tomorrow morning we can expect to see that return of the fog looks nice. it does. right this is pretty typical around this time of year. and the temperatures have certainly been welcoming. we are going to see a bit of a change temperature wise towards the later portion of this week, but i've got you covered so you can plan out the weekend coming up already. i know we've got about 58 degrees right now in san francisco. the average high for today was about 64. and if you notice inland area. so walnut creek is about 76. in the average high for today 77. now we do have much better clearing of course in inland areas. but you likely notice the early morning fog stretching down through the south bay and in through parts of the tri valley. we're going to see that again. san jose's at about 72 right now. beautiful skies right now. but here's what it looks like on satellite radar. so if you look
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just to our south and into central california, that system that impacted parts of south lake tahoe over yosemite has now continued to make its exit. that's going to leave much better conditions as we inch closer. you can see that marine layer right here around the coastline. now this is going to impact commuters for tomorrow morning. so if you're going to be up and at it really early, especially anywhere near, you know, parts of the north bay around san francisco, but even in through parts of oakland, danville, stretching down through gilroy, you'll notice a lot of that fog. we could see some low visibility down to less than five miles in some spots, but also some drizzle around the coastline. and we've been seeing these breezy winds from the northwest at about 20 to 25 plus. now heading into thursday afternoon, we're going to get much better clearing inland. so if you notice we get clear skies, but around the coastline it is going to stay cloudy and foggy through most of the afternoon. wind wise, we're going to see the hour by hour forecast by tomorrow evening at about 9:00. pick up just a bit
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in through parts of san francisco, stretching into concord and livermore as well. temperature wise for tomorrow. very similar to what we saw today. we're going to be warmer into the 80s for the interior 70s around the peninsula and then for the bay and the coast. we're going to be in those mid 60s, but we will see some cooling starting on friday. notice the daytime highs are only going to be in the mid 60s for san francisco, but only in the 70s for most of the interior. that's going to kick off a bit of a cooling trend heading into saturday. and yes, also sunday. so if you look here, by the time we get to saturday and sunday, the good news though, it does not look like we are expecting any rain. so at least that dry weather pattern will continue. the thing you'll notice is the cooling and the wind factor that's going to pick up heading into sunday, with a system passing just to our north and what that's going to do is it's going to cool us off. with daytime highs expected for inland areas. we're going to go from 80 today. tomorrow and of course into friday. but by the time we get to saturday and sunday, we're going to cool off
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into the upper 70s. i think this is the perfect spring temperature heading into sunday. you'll notice the winds start to kick up a bit. that's going to lead us into the next workweek, which we can also expect to see. some 70s in san francisco will also cool off with daytime highs in the low 60s. but you know, if you head to the city, you got to prep for that wind and that cooling effect, especially this weekend. it's breezy out there. it's sunny but breezy indeed. no complaints over here, though. all right. thanks for yianni. up next, a company that's more than a century old now coming to silicon valley to act like a startup. our business tech reporter, scott budman, sat down with gm's ceo about the carmaker's new bay area office
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one interview today, our business and tech reporter, scott budman spoke with the ceo of general motors, mary barra. she says the goal is to tap into bay area tech talent as gm rolls out more electric cars. many of those cars are now on display at the 50,000 square foot facility. according to the ceo, gm has already hired about 200 people here in the bay area and has plans to continue growing. how important is this place to general motors? well, i think it's vitally important because when you look at, you know, what's happening in every industry, technology is changing it and enabling it. amber says having a presence here will help
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gm keep up with competitors when it comes to cutting edge technology for evs and gas powered cars happening tomorrow, state lawmakers are taking up a new bill to crack down on speeding. the bill would increase punishment for people caught going too fast. it would also add two points on your record if you're caught driving more than 25 miles above the posted limit, drivers were caught speeding more than once within a year, will have their license suspended, state says. in the last four years, speeding has been the cause of 30% of all vehicle crashes. now, sf based rideshare giant uber announced some updates today that includes shuttle rides and a food delivery partnership with costco. today was uber's annual go get showcase in new york city. uber ceo announced the new shuttle service, which will allow users to reserve seats on shuttles for concert events and trips to the airport. the app is also rolling out a feature that allows caregivers to book rides for loved ones and order medical supplies and groceries on their behalf. also announced today,
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costco is now an on demand option with uber eats and a major change coming to the las vegas strip, the mirage casino shutting down this july resort has been the staple of the strip since the 90s. it's going to be replaced by the hard rock las vegas, which is expected to open in 2027. this is the second time this year that a strip casino has shut down tropicana closed in april to make room for the new baseball stadium, which will be the future home of the a's. we hope or they hope, they hope, they hope. up next, the santa cruz beach icon is celebrating 100 years at the boardwalk. we're going to take you there and let's show you inside rockefeller center lester holt preparing for nightly news. one of their top stories, child care crisis in the u.s, how families are trying to cope with the skyrocketing cost of day care norman, bad news... i never graduated from med school. what? -but the good news is...
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those roller coasters. this year, the popular ride is turning 100. yes, and it's made of wood. roller coaster opened in 1924. since then, more than 68 million people have taken a ride, including moi. park workers say they really take good care of the giant dipper. they even ride it every day to make sure it works. over the years, the giant dipper has been featured in many movies. the park service also designated as a national historic landmark.
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happy birthday tonight at seven, a bay area doctor who went into gaza to help patients can't get out. we're talking to her family here in the bay area about the effort to bring her home. plus, california is changing its marketing slogan to the ultimate playground. we'll explain why those stories and more coming up on our 7:00 news and a quick reminder you can now access our news. what you're watching now, whenever and wherever you want. 24 seven. we're on roku and other streaming platforms. you can watch our live breaking news news conferences and repeats of these newscasts. up next on nightly news a changing landscape in professional golf, the rise of asian american women on the lg on the lpga tour. lester holt joins us in new york right now.
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tonight, the showdown now set. joe biden and donald trump agreeing to meet face-to-face for two debates before the election. after months of uncertainty, the candidates agreeing to just two televised debates in june and september. mr. biden saying, make my day, pal. mr. trump firing back, i am ready and willing, and the comment by senator mitt romney making headlines that president biden should have pardoned mr. trump. also tonight, the attempted assassination, a man walking up to slovakia's prime minister shooting him multiple times. aides pushing the wounded politician into a car, and a man tackled on the ground. the prime minister's condition tonight. the barge slamming into a bridge in galveston, texas, causing a partial collapse and unleashing an oil spill. one community island cut off. opening statements in the bribery trial of senator bob menendez. the defense suggesting those gold bars didn't belong to menendez, but to his wife. a heart-stopping

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